On this page, we will share resources that will help you encourage creativity and innovation in young learners. Many of the tools we refer to in our book. We provide templates for you to download and use. We will continue to add to this page as we find more helpful resources. Please feel free to join our wiki and contribute your own helpful tools and resources too.
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Creativity/Innovation Activities
We provide a sample completed form within our book to provide ideas on how to use this to share and generate ideas on using technology purposefully to encourage creativity and innovation. Please copy the template in Google Docs and use as your own - http://tinyurl.com/NYI-creativity
We provide a worksheet that you can provide early learners with to help them work through the design/creative process. Please feel free to use, modify, etc.
We provide an action plan that you can use to help plan how you will nurture young innovators and cultivate creativity. Please feel free to use and modify and share with others: http://tinyurl.com/NYI-actionplan
This activity can be completed as part of a learning community or course activity. Please feel free to use and modify and share with others: http://tinyurl.com/NYI-redesign
This template can be used to design menu choices for young children. Please feel free to use and modify and share with others: http://tinyurl.com/NYI-dinnermenu
Competencies for University Professors, Preservice Teachers and Teachers to Demonstrate Proficiency in Technology Use
The Office of Educational Technology recommended that teacher education programs develop a set of technology competency expectations for university professors and preservice teachers exiting a teacher education program that demonstrates they are proficient in technology use and integration. Using the roles and practices the Office of Educational Technology has developed for teachers, we came up with the following guidelines that can be used to help university professors and future teachers determine whether they are proficient in the area of technology use and create an action plan for the areas where they may want to develop and concentrate on. Please feel free to use what we have or copy and modify: http://tinyurl.com/NYI-competencies
The Assessing Technology Use with Early Learners template can be used to help adults assess the learning outcomes and the use of technology with early learners. This can be completed as part of a course assignment and/or professional development/learning community. We provide a template of this document on our wiki. http://tinyurl.com/NYI-assessing
Creativity and Innovation Rubric - Aligned with ISTE Standards
We created this rubric to talk to young children about these important standards and ways that they can determine their development in relation to technology use and the ISTE standards. Here is the link to the rubric that can be downloaded and modified: http://tinyurl.com/NYI-rubric
Discussion Topic
Related Downloadable Document
Creativity/Innovation Activities
We provide a sample completed form within our book to provide ideas on how to use this to share and generate ideas on using technology purposefully to encourage creativity and innovation. Please copy the template in Google Docs and use as your own -http://tinyurl.com/NYI-creativity
Systematic Inventive Thinking
This resource provides an explanation and example of the five templates used during SIT.Graphic by Jim Butt describing SIT:
Exercise 1.1 Think Creatively
Think Creatively Worksheet for Young Learners
We provide a worksheet that you can provide early learners with to help them work through the design/creative process. Please feel free to use, modify, etc.Action Plan for Nurturing Young Innovators
We provide an action plan that you can use to help plan how you will nurture young innovators and cultivate creativity. Please feel free to use and modify and share with others:http://tinyurl.com/NYI-actionplan
Redesign Learning Spaces Activity
This activity can be completed as part of a learning community or course activity. Please feel free to use and modify and share with others:http://tinyurl.com/NYI-redesign
Dinner Menu Template
This template can be used to design menu choices for young children. Please feel free to use and modify and share with others:http://tinyurl.com/NYI-dinnermenu
Competencies for University Professors, Preservice Teachers and Teachers to Demonstrate Proficiency in Technology Use
The Office of Educational Technology recommended that teacher education programs develop a set of technology competency expectations for university professors and preservice teachers exiting a teacher education program that demonstrates they are proficient in technology use and integration. Using the roles and practices the Office of Educational Technology has developed for teachers, we came up with the following guidelines that can be used to help university professors and future teachers determine whether they are proficient in the area of technology use and create an action plan for the areas where they may want to develop and concentrate on. Please feel free to use what we have or copy and modify:http://tinyurl.com/NYI-competencies
Assessing Technology Use with Early Learners
The Assessing Technology Use with Early Learners template can be used to help adults assess the learning outcomes and the use of technology with early learners. This can be completed as part of a course assignment and/or professional development/learning community. We provide a template of this document on our wiki.http://tinyurl.com/NYI-assessing
Creativity and Innovation Rubric - Aligned with ISTE Standards
We created this rubric to talk to young children about these important standards and ways that they can determine their development in relation to technology use and the ISTE standards. Here is the link to the rubric that can be downloaded and modified:http://tinyurl.com/NYI-rubric